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Detroit, 2:57 PM
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11/15/09
First a '69 and now a '65. These neatly bracket my favorite year for Chevelle and El Camino styling - 1967. That year featured a bold grille and wraparound rear lights along with a little more flair to the basic 1964-vintage body.
The 1964 Chevelle was somewhat unappealing because of its incredibly cheap-looking grille fronting a bland and boxy body. The '65 grille was an improvement, but it took the 1966 facelift to bring some much-needed curves to the overall Chevelle styling. However, the '66 also lost a great body style - the two-door wagon. To me, that model is almost up there with the El Cam in coolness. Oh well, you win some and you lose some... #1965
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Sounds about right to me. The 1964-65s were pretty bland and generic. You wouldn't know they were a Chevy unless finding the logo. #1965
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On the good news front, I've almost persuaded my family that we need to go to Alameda, CA for vacation. They don't fully understand, but I think they're just tired of hearing about it. Hey, whatever works! #1965
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Clearly, it's the exceedingly rare Malibino.
Or maybe an Elcamibu. #1969
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El Camimalibumino. #1969
11/14/09
Let's change Jesse's name from "What Would Jesse Do" to "Jesse Makes Me Sick with Envy." #1969
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As for its identiy, if you were going to put this into a syllogism, it would be--
All 1969 El Caminos are Chevelles;
Some Chevelles are SSs, some are Malibus, which are only trim levels in 1969, and mean nothing about engines and such;
Therefore, it's perfectly possible that this is in fact an El Camino which is a Chevelle with the Malibu trim level.
This is only by memory. I shall arise now and Google "Malibu trim level." #1969
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Added points for -as Murilee pointed out- having kept the original powertrain #1969
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the reason i've heard for putting that bed-liner stuff on the roof of an el camino is to carry long ladders/stuff that would end up resting on the roof instead of leaving the tailgate down/stuff hanging out the back.
10/12/09
So no, you can't call them "missing".
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But the bejewelled, cat-eyed granny glasses tail lights always freaked me out. Even without being menaced by the Ginsu-fins.